Developing Entrepreneurial Qualities through Technical Vocational Education among Technical , College Students in Lagos State, Nigeria
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2012
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Odo, M.I
Olabiyi, O.S
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Collaboration of Education Faculties in West Afric
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'The majorpurpose of the study is to determine the entrepreneurial qualities through technical vocational education. A survey research design was adopted. Three research
questions were used to guide the study. The population for the study consisted of 21 0 technical college students. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the
three research questions. A structured questionnaire containing 34 items was used for data collection. The instrument was subjected 10face and content validation by three
lecturers from the Department of Science and Technology Education, University of Lagos. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.89 using Spearman reliability
coefficient. The findings of the study among others include: that most students can draft a business plan, have good administrative procedure for starting a business and
are conscious ofbusiness ethics and social responsibilities. However, students are not acquainted with market setting techniques and have poor financial management
qualities. It was recommended that the curriculum used in teaching technical vocational subjects should include how to market goods and financial management strategies.
"Also, students shouid be exposed to plans toforestall failures.
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Moses I. Odo & Oladiran S. O. (2012). Developing entrepreneurial qualities through technical and vocational education among technical college students in Lagos State. Nigeria. Journal of Research in Education, 1(2), 145-156